Music – 1978 – The Blues Brothers – Soul Man – Live At The Black Rhino Club

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The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live…..when Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band in character respectively, as lead vocalist ‘Joliet’ Jake Blues and harmonica player/vocalist Elwood Blues. The band was composed of previously well-known musicians……and debuted as the musical guest on the April 22, 1978, episode of Saturday…

Comedy – 1978 – Skit – KING – Featuring JFK + MLK + RFK In Has Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend John

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DOG ASIDE: The Not Ready For Prime Time Players was a comedy group consisting of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman and Chevy Chase….who were the backbone of the early years on NBC’s Saturday Night Live….as this group included some of the best comedic genius of the late 1970’s and entire…

Comedy – 1983 – Skit – The Computerized Confessional – With Dan Aykroyd + Garrett Morris

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DOG ASIDE:  This comedy skit features Not Ready For Prime Time Players Dan Aykroyd as a Catholic priest who conducts a new innovation in the confession process between Father Aykroyd and parishioner Garrett Morris…..who has not been to confession in 6 years…..and is surprised at the modernization of the confession to include a computer in the analysis…

Comedy – 1981 – How To Test Marijuana For Paraquat – With Dan Akroyd + Garrett Morris

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DOG PHILOSOPHY: Oh my gosh….this has got to be my all time favorite “tickler of my funny bone”…..cuz I laugh so hard that my belly hurts….but this is classic.  We a ImaSportsphile are so lucky to have a treasure chest full of “nuggets of gold” like this Aykroyd and Morris piece……ooooohhh!!!…..the cast of the Not Ready For Prime Time…

Comedy – 1979 – Weekend Update – With Dr Morris On New Fleabitus Blood Clot Medicine

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DOG ASIDE: Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch and fictional news program that comments on and parodies current events.  It is the show’s longest-running recurring sketch….having been on since the show’s first broadcast,….and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance. One or two of the players are cast in the role of news…

Comedy – 1979 – Garrett Morris Interviews QB Fran Tarkenton On Why There Are So Few Black QBs In NFL

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DOG ASIDE:  This video is a one of a kind….as Black Perspective host Garrett Morris interviews Minnesota Vikings QB Fran Tarkenton regarding the subject of why there are so few black quarterbacks in the NFL….cuz in today’s world of 2018….where everything that is asked or said has to be PC….you know POLITICALLY CORRECT….so, it is this lil…

Comedy – 1978 – NBC President Fred Silverman – On New Programming Ideas For The Network

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DOG ASIDE:  Every time a comedy clip from Saturday Night Live rolls up and is ready for posting….I must admit that it brings a certain amount of trepidation….cuz I never know if I can post the actual video that has been loaded on youtube for the purpose of posting here at ImaSportsphile….cuz those “jake-legs” play the…

TV Ads – 1981 – Garrett Morris For The Professional School Of Football

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DOG ASIDE:  Every now and then we get to post a “TV commercial” that was produced by the comedic genius of The Not Ready For Prime Time Players….the original cast of the long running NBC weekend show Saturday Night Live….and this two minute video provides us with one of those opportunities…..as Garrett Morris shows the viewing public how…

Distance Running – 1978 – Special – The Boston Marathon Highlights – Host Bill Rodgers

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DOG COMMENTARY: First of all, this video starts off with 5 minutes of Dan Akroyd and John Belushi as The Blues Brothers….being introduced at the Rhino Club by Garrett Morris….plus the credits of SNL with the whole Not Ready For Prime Time Players singing Happy Trails To You….as just a wonderful piece of untitled video to…